20853_Editing_expositions_Years_2_and_3
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Too many dogs<br />
Read the exposition which is in the form of a letter.<br />
<strong>Editing</strong> skills<br />
dear mr james<br />
i am (writing/righting) to request that the shire takes<br />
(sum/some) action about my neighbour’s dogs<br />
shire regulations permit only (to/two) dogs but my<br />
neighbour at 7 hill street has at (least/leest) six<br />
the dogs are neglected they are enclosed in a small area <strong>and</strong> never taken for<br />
walks i suspect that they are not (feed/fed) regularly (because/becos) they look<br />
very thin another problem is the (niose/noise) they make sometimes they bark all<br />
day <strong>and</strong> they (ofen/often) cry at (nite/night)<br />
apart from the noise which keeps us awake i am concerned for the welfare of<br />
these (poor/pore) animals immediate action is required<br />
yours (sincerly/sincerely)<br />
mary black<br />
1 Punctuation<br />
(a) The exposition needs 6 capital letters<br />
for proper nouns, 3 for the word ‘I’, 9<br />
for sentence beginnings, 9 full stops<br />
<strong>and</strong> 4 commas.<br />
2 Spelling<br />
(a) Circle the correct word in each bracket.<br />
(b) Why is there an apostrophe in<br />
‘neighbour’s’?<br />
(c) Is Mary Black writing to complain<br />
about one or more than one<br />
neighbour? (Look at the apostrophe.)<br />
3 Grammar<br />
(a) Find an owner or owners for these<br />
things. The apostrophe is written<br />
directly after the owner or owners.<br />
One has been done.<br />
(i) books<br />
(ii) shoes<br />
(iii) pets<br />
(iv) wheels<br />
The school’s books<br />
4 Vocabulary<br />
(a) Find synonyms for these words.<br />
(i) request<br />
(ii) thin<br />
(iii) enclosed<br />
(iv) suspect<br />
(v) required<br />
R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au <strong>Editing</strong> skills 67
Change language